1904 Belgian general election

none Belgium parliamentary 1902 Belgian general election 1902 1906 Belgian general election 1906 81 of the 166 seats in the Chamber of Representatives43 of 87 seats in the Senate 29 May 1904 130x130px Paul_de_Smet_de_Naeyer.jpg Paul de Smet de Naeyer Catholic Party (Belgium) 38 486,643 43.53% 3x4.svg Liberal Party (Belgium) 22 283,411 25.35% 3x4.svg Georges Maes Belgian Labour Party 19 297,847 26.64% Government Government after election de Smet de Naeyer II Catholic Party (Belgium) de Smet de Naeyer II Catholic Party (Belgium) Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 29 May 1904. Elections in Europe: A data handbook Nohlen Dieter Dieter Nohlen Stöver Philip 31 May 2010 Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft 289 978-3-8329-5609-7 The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 38 of the 81 seats in the Chamber of Representatives.Nohlen & Stöver, p308 Under the alternating system, Chamber elections were only held in the provinces of Hainaut, Limburg, Liège and East Flanders and Senate elections were only held in the remaining five provinces, being Antwerp, Brabant, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders. The main issue in the election was "the hostility of the Liberals to the growth of clerical influence, particularly in educational and political affairs."Garner J. W. 1904 Record of Political Events https://www.jstor.org/stable/2140340 Political Science Quarterly 19 4 746 10.2307/2140340 0032-3195 subscription Results Chamber Won Total +/– Catholic Party 486643 38 Belgian Labour Party 297847 19 Liberal Party 283411 22 Catholic Dissidents 17391 1 Christene Volkspartij 20761 1 Socialist dissidents 5449 0 Agricultural Federation 3254 0 Independents 3184 0 Belgian ElectionsBelgian Elections Senate File:Belgium Senate 1904.svg Won Total Catholic Party 511745 25 37 Liberal Party 352028 16 39 Belgian Labour Party 37570 1 5 National Independents 19991 1 1 Radical Party 0 4 Social Radical Party 0 1 Belgian ElectionsBelgian Elections References Belgium Category:1900s elections in Belgium General Belgium